Temporary binder.



S. S. BARRETT, DEGD. THE nomnmm TRUST comumz, XBOUTOR.

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POR BINDER R 1,109,028. APPLICATION I D MAY 10, 1912. 1,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

S. S. BARRETT, DECD. THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, nxmmonv TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1912.

1,109,028, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

THE .wmels PETERS Col, PHDm-LITH Q. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITE srarns P E OFFICE.

SAXION S. BARRETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, EX-

ECUTOB- 0F SAID SAXTON S. BARRETT, DECEASED,ASSIGNUR TO MARY BARRETT,

OF GLENCOE, ILLINOIS.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914:.

Application filed May lO, 1912. Serial No. 696,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAX'roN S. BARRETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying.

drawings. I p I My lnvention relates totemporary binders, and has for its ob ect to provide a new and improved binder for newspapers of partly broken away; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the retaining strips; Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4.i of Fig. 2, looking to the left; Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line 4-i of Fig. 2, looking to the right; Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the intermediate portion of the binder, as on line (S -6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a cross-section on line 77 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the securing device for the retaining strips.

Referring to the drawings,9 indicates a rod of wood or other suitable material which forms the main portion or hub of the binder and supports the retaining strips and securing devices therefor. Said hub is provided with longitudinal grooves 10 arranged at intervals around it, as shown 111 Fig. 6, forming intermediate radial shoul ders 11. One or both ends are provided with hand-pieces 12, as shown in Fig. 1.

13 indicates a number of retaining strips for securing the newspapers to the hub, said strips being preferably of metal. At one end the retaining strips are secured to an end portion of the hub 9 by means of a circular rod or ring 14 which is secured to the hub in any suitable way, as by a nail 15, as shown in Fig. 7. The ring 14: intersects the several grooves 10 and lies about midway of said grooves, as shown in Fig. 7.

the ring within the confines of their respective grooves. Near the opposit-e' end of the hub 1 pro 'ide a securing device 16 in the form of a ring-plate having in its periphcry a series of hooks 17 and slots 18, narrow passages 19 bein provided between the several hooks and the adjacent portions of the ring-plate for the passage of the retaining strips, as shown inFigs. 5 and 8. The securing device 16 is placed adjacent to one of the handles 12, as shown in Fig. 2 and is secured in position in any suitable way. This is best accomplished by cutting down one end portion of the hub 9 to form a tongue and fitting the ringplate 16 upon said tongue so that it abuts against the shoulder thus formed and then fitting the handle 12 upon the tongue so that the ringplate 16 lies between the handle and the grooved portion of the hub 9, as shown in Fig. 2. The handle is provided with suitable recesses 19 to receive the ends of the securing strips, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

20'indicates a finger-piece with which each retaining strip 13 is provided, to facilitate operating it.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the newspaper is placed upon any retaining strip and the retaining strip is secured to the ring-plate by carrying it down through the passage 19 into engagement with one of the hooks 17, the fold of the newspaper will lie in the groove 10 and will, therefore, be held against lateral shifting, although the turning of the leaves of the newspaper is not interfered with. As many newspapers may be placed in the binder as can be accommodated by the number of retaining strips provided; and by reason of the lateral adjustment of the several retaining strips permitted by hinging them in the manner described they may adjust themselves to the newspaper, whether the retaining strip be placed in the center fold or not, so that where the pages of a newspaper are pasted together it is not essential that they be placed in the binder so that the retaining strip engages the center fold.

As shown in Fig. 8, the slots in the securing device for the retainingstrips have inclined entering passages designed to twist the retaining-strips as they are moved into or out of said slots, the hinged ends of said retaining-strips being held against twisting by the rod on which they are mounted, the purpose of this arrangement being to prevent accidental disengagement ofthe retaming-strips from the securing devices. I do not, however, wish to be limited to this construction, as any other suitable type of slot may be employed, as, for example, slots of the type shown and described in my application for patent for temporary binder of even date herewith, Serial No. 696,361.

The number of retaining-strips provided may, of course, be varied, although ordinarily for newspaper purposes it is desirable that seven be provided.

The retaining-strips may be made of any suitable material, but are best made sufliciently elastic so that they may spring out between their ends, as may be necessary to accommodate newspapers of difierent thicksaid hub and adapted to lie in said grooves, 'a series of securing hooks adapted to engage and secure the free ends of said retaining strips, and a handle connected with said hub, said securing hooks being placed between the handle and a portion of the hub.

SAXTON S. BARRETT.

Witnesses:

Mnvnrn A. HUNTER, JOHN L. JACKSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

